I could easily see the Giants addressing the quarterback spot here, but instead they opt for the best player in the draft.

The Giants have had a bit of a revolving door at running back, especially since the departures of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs a few years ago.

Last season, the Giants’ leading rusher was Orleans Darkwa, who proved to be a solid option filling in, but it’s hard to view him as a No. 1 option at running back.

Barkley to the Giants has been a hot topic ever since Dave Gettleman took over as the general manager and spoke highly of Eli Manning, giving a general sense that they could opt to not draft a quarterback and instead, remain with their Super Bowl-winning quarterback.

The Giants also have Davis Webb on the roster, and even though he didn’t play in a single snap during the regular season, New York could opt to continue his development, especially with Pat Shurmur expecting to take over as the next head coach.

Even though he selected Josh Rosen from UCLA in his mock draft for ESPN, Mel Kiper Jr. also said he could definitely see the Giants going with Barkley.

Related

The junior running back finished with 1,271 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, plus 632 receiving yards and three touchdowns (1,903 total yards) for the Nittany Lions in 2017. He finished his college career with 3,843 rushing yards and 43 touchdowns with 1,195 receiving yards and an additional eight touchdowns.

Like this article?

Sign up for the Giants Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning

Success

Thanks for signing up.
You'll be waking up a little more awesome tomorrow.